Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1911 - 1104 páginas Contains definitions and explanations of many literary terms. |
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... asked what made the perfect orator responded , " Action ! " And the second thing ? " Action ! " And the third thing ? " Action ! " The saying has often been imitated . The Marshal de Trivulce , to the query of Louis XI . as to what he ...
... asked what made the perfect orator responded , " Action ! " And the second thing ? " Action ! " And the third thing ? " Action ! " The saying has often been imitated . The Marshal de Trivulce , to the query of Louis XI . as to what he ...
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... asked , but nobody knew . Presently the words “ Fire ! Fire ! Thieves ! Thieves ! " following the query , deepened the mystery . At last the secret was out when the enterprising owner of a newly - patented safe added his name to the ...
... asked , but nobody knew . Presently the words “ Fire ! Fire ! Thieves ! Thieves ! " following the query , deepened the mystery . At last the secret was out when the enterprising owner of a newly - patented safe added his name to the ...
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... asked him what was his ancestry . " Ah , ma foi ! " replied the sturdy soldier , " je n'en sais rien ; moi je suis mon ancêtre " ( " Ah , sir , I know nothing about it ; I am my own ances- tor " ) . Probably he had never heard of the ...
... asked him what was his ancestry . " Ah , ma foi ! " replied the sturdy soldier , " je n'en sais rien ; moi je suis mon ancêtre " ( " Ah , sir , I know nothing about it ; I am my own ances- tor " ) . Probably he had never heard of the ...
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... asked to do as often as one - half dozen times a week . Three hundred letters a year ! One's impulse is to freely consent , but one's time and necessary occupations will not permit it . There is no way but to decline in all cases ...
... asked to do as often as one - half dozen times a week . Three hundred letters a year ! One's impulse is to freely consent , but one's time and necessary occupations will not permit it . There is no way but to decline in all cases ...
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... asked , plunging at once in medias res . " Yes . " " ' Well , I want to buy it . ' But , my dear sir- " I will give you a thousand francs for it . " " But it isn't for sale ; _ && Two thousand ! " " On my word , I don't care to dispose ...
... asked , plunging at once in medias res . " Yes . " " ' Well , I want to buy it . ' But , my dear sir- " I will give you a thousand francs for it . " " But it isn't for sale ; _ && Two thousand ! " " On my word , I don't care to dispose ...
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